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corded elements, that give a dancier, bigger sound. We actually prefer the nights, the band play ‘Money Power Fame’ in the encore and both nights
sound of ‘Automatic’, but the realness of ‘Priorities’. That said, both are they end with their first ever single, ‘Thug Workout’, which really shows
great in their own right, and the band play both well. ‘Priorities’ sees a how far they’ve come, as it’s a shoutier song, similar to the music Mass-
feistier vibe with guitarist Simon Delaney in particular doing lots of jumps Matiks are putting out. The push up squad in the audience do push ups
from his riser, while ‘Automatic’ has a smoother, dancefloor feel (although in the song before a wall of death turns the song and set into an erupting
bassist Tom Doyle does lots of backward jumps on this second night). volcano. It’s all over by about ten past ten – but sometimes quality is better
The band have a great stage show with amazing lighting, which a lot than quantity. We all got our workout (with the band sweating profusely)
of bands of their size lack. At both shows, there’s a song that they rarely and go home very satisfied indeed.
play live, which vocalist Rob Damiani points out. On Night 1, it is ‘In My YYYYY
World’, while on Night 2 we’re told that ‘Let You Get Away’ has only been Shari Black Velvet
played once before this tour. We have no idea why as it sounds fantastic
and is one you instantly want to dance along to. We’d definitely like to see Left: Rob Damiani, July 31st. Below: Si Delaney (Don Broco) Aug 1st
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it added to future setlists. ‘Automatic’ is overall our favourite of the two
nights, for its slightly catchier and more melodic and dancey songs. Both

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